With the growing number of PRO’s that contribute to HIHR, a larger organization committee for future HIHR events became desirable. To this extend a core group has been set up to address the long-term sustainability of our initiative, as well as financing options and other strategic issues.

The following people have currently accepted a seat in the core group:

• Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
• Daisy Flamez, University Ghent
• Joris Heus, Amsterdam UMC
• Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
• Clemens Ostrowicz, University of Luxembourg – LCSB – chair
• Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development
• Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
• Marcos Casado, INKEF Capital
• Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management

Past core group members are:

• Paul Van Dun, KU Leuven Research & Development
• Frank van de Ven, Technical University Eindhoven
• Koen Verhoef, Netherlands Cancer Institute – co founder
• Dominic De Groote, University Ghent – co founder
• Oscar Schoots, Incubator Utrecht – co founder
• Filip Goossens, PMV
• Roel Bulthuis, INKEF Capital

Projects will be pre-selected by a relevant advisory committee to assure quality and to maximise impact. The selection committee assesses the nominated spin-offs, classifies the nominations into pitches and reviews the presentation of selected Spin-offs.

As per January 2024 the selection committee consists of the following members:

• Daisy Flamez, University of Ghent
• Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
• Clemens Ostrowicz, University Luxembourg – (LCSB)
• Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development  – chair selection cie
• Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
• Veronique Vermeeren, U Hasselt
• Katrien Reynders, Falcon Bio
• Marcos Casado, INKEF Capital
• Paul Soons
• Carla van Heck

Past members

• Rudi Cuyvers, KU Leuven Research & Development Spin-off and Innovation
• Louise Hoppel, Radboud UMC
• Shobhit Dhawan, Oncode Oncology Bridge Fund
• Aard Groen, University of Groningen Centre of Entrepreneurship
• Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
• Jasper Keyman, Erasmus MC (University of Rotterdam)
• Thijs van den Munckhof, UNIIQ / University of Leiden
• Griet VanPoucke, VIB
• Henri Theunissen, Brightlands (University of Maastricht)

The event organisation, general management and support of the core group and selection committee is taken care of by Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management, with support of Carla van Heck, business developer at Heck Innovations.

For any inquiries on HIHR please contact claar-els@hihr.eu or by mobile phone +31 6 2848 0549.